Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-13
PLAYERS ON THE LIST.
THIRTEEN ALREADY SIGNED
FOR THE SEASON.

The Mon Who win Represent Savannah
In the Southern Lesgue-A strong
Battery and Base Running Aggregs-
tion-MsDHger Morton Arrives-what
He Says About the Team and the New
Ruies-The First Games.
Manager "Charley" Morton, OF the Sa-
vannah Base Ball Club, reached here
yesterday. He was not expected until
tomorrow, but was able to complete his
arrangements at Plttshurg day earlier
and came through to Charleston Friday
night. He spent yesterday in Charles
Ton and came on TO Savannah last night.
He will remain until the season
opens. All of the team will be here by
the last OF this week. Campau and Nc
Arthur left Detroit yesterday and will
probably arrive tomorrow night.
Manager Morton says that Savannah
has got team that viii equa that OF
last year in every way. Ii is by far IA
stronger base running aggregation and is
made up Of good all-around players. On
| the way down be signed new man,
| Hutchinson, to play right field and
| change catcher. Although he has never
| played in professional games Morton says
| he te a first-class mau. He is a heavy
| left-handed batter and good base runner.
| He will probably catch for Reynolds,
who has been known all along as Warden.
| NEGOTIATIONS are pending with one or
| two other tirst-class men and they Will
| probably be signed in a day or two. The
make up Of the team as it now stands is
| as follows:
Pitchers-Reynolds, Macarthur, Sum
! mers.
| Catchers--Pyke, Hutchinson, Arthur.
| First Eisenhower.
Second Base-McAdams.
Third Base--Reilly.
| Short Stop--Johnson.
| Left Field-Campau.
| Centre Field-Peltz.
Right Field
Reynolds and Summers are left-handed
| pitchers. Both are left-narded batters.
as are also Hutchinson and Brewer. The
latter Is sure man at first, strong
batter and rafting base runner. The
! team is made up of about the same weight
men as last years team. The lightest
weight man is Summers, VINO weighs 100
pounds.
AS soon as all the members of the tea m
get here they Will go into practice. The
| Philadelphia will arrive here Wednes-
day morning and will use the grounds
until Marcn 20. The first regular games
will he with the Detroits on March %, %
| anu Ou cdNdnHdu Will play bDFS9 games
at Charles on April 7, s and 8, and the
return series will be played here on April
III. II and Is. This viii carry the pre-
llminary season to within two days OF the
| beginning OF the league games. The
| directors deem it inadvisabIe to play as
many exhibition games as were PLAYED
| last year before the opening of the Ieg u
| lar season.
| Manager Morton says that the Southern
League Is made uD o. better players This
year than many people suppose. and the
| race Will be close one. He does not
| like the new rules. Curve balls will be
| done away with of necessity. and any
but free hitters will have trouble to keep
| up their records. The batting column
Will be swelled, and the spectators will
| CT tue benefit of the players hard work.
Just how the rules will operate remains
| to be seen.
Manager Morton is looking we'll. His
| health is much better than it was when
he left here last summer, and he
expects to see Savannah fly the colors at
the end of the season.